The Giant Encyclopedia of Kindergarten Activities


Book Description

Tested by teachers in their own classrooms, the 600 educational activities collected in this book are designed to help five-year-olds develop physical, cognitive, language, and social skills, and are divided into 24 themes, such as art, games, holidays, math, music, outdoor play, nature, and snacks.




The BIG Book of Alphabet Activities


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Learning the letters and their sounds is as easy as ABC with this big collection of alphabet activities! Easy-to-make mini-books--one for each letter--hands-on activities, and 156 colourful picture cards give kids lots of opportunities to practice letter recognition, letter-sound relationships, and letter formation skills. Lessons include easy games, crafts, snacks, literature connections, multisensory experiences, and more.Teacher and reinforces letter recognition and letter-sound relationships.Gives practice in forming and writing letters of the alphabet.Includes 156 colourful, cut-apart picture cards--six for each letter!Helps set the stage for success in school.Great for kids of all learning styles.




Mrs. E's Extraordinary Alphabet Activities (ENHANCED eBook)


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Filled with more than 80 stimulating and creative ways to teach the individual letters of the alphabet, Extraordinary Alphabet Activities is an ideal resource for both experienced preschool and kindergarten teachers as well as those beginning a career teaching your learners. With multiple literature-based lessons for each letter, the well-organized format makes it easy to plan and fun to teach. Each lesson is divided into five sections—Before the Lesson, Have on Hand, Read Aloud, Talk About and Kids Create.




Mastering Basic Skills¨ Kindergarten Activity Book


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Mastering Basic Skills(R) Kindergarten includes basic skills and concepts essential to kindergarteners. Topics include sight word vocabulary, reading readiness, time and money, language arts and phonics, handwriting, and math. The Mastering Basic Skills(R) series includes grade-specific math and language arts activities as well as reading lists, skills checklists, awards, and mini books. The comprehensive content and extra features increase the value of this series making it an appealing choice to parents looking for extra at-home practice for their child.




Teaching Literacy in Kindergarten


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Kindergarten is a time for playful and enriching learning activities that support children's literacy emergence while enhancing their social and cognitive development. The routines of a busy, engaged, productive kindergarten classroom are vividly brought to life in this information-packed book. Demonstrated are whole-class and small-group strategies for helping children acquire concepts about print and the alphabet, build phonological and phonemic awareness, learn to read sight words, develop their listening comprehension and writing abilities, and much more.




Phonics from A to Z


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Provides an explanation of phonics, a method of reading instruction that focuses on the relationship between sounds and their spellings, and features over one hundred activities for the classroom, as well as sample lessons, word lists, and teaching strategies.




The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists


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The essential handbook for reading teachers, now aligned with the Common Core The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists is the definitive instructional resource for anyone who teaches reading or works in a K-12 English language arts-related field. Newly revised and ready for instant application, this top seller provides up-to-date reading, writing, and language content in more than 240 lists for developing targeted instruction, plus section briefs linking content to research-based teaching practices. This new sixth edition includes a guide that maps the lists to specific Common Core standards for easy lesson planning, and features fifty brand-new lists on: academic and domain-specific vocabulary, foundation skills, rhyming words, second language development, context clues, and more. This edition also includes an expanded writing section that covers registers, signal and transition words, and writers' craft. Brimming with practical examples, key words, teaching ideas, and activities that can be used as-is or adapted to students' needs, these lists are ready to differentiate instruction for an individual student, small-group, or planning multilevel instruction for your whole class. Reading is the center of all school curricula due to recent state and federal initiatives including rigorous standards and new assessments. This book allows to you skip years of curating content and dive right into the classroom armed with smart, relevant, and effective plans. Develop focused learning materials quickly and easily Create unit-specific Common Core aligned lesson plans Link classroom practice to key research in reading, language arts and learning Adapt ready-made ideas to any classroom or level It's more important than ever for students to have access to quality literacy instruction. Timely, up to date, and distinctively smart, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists should be on every English language arts teacher's desk, librarian's shelf, literacy coach's resource list, and reading professor's radar.




More Than Letters, Standards Edition


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For decades early childhood educators in high-quality programs have understood that the transition into reading and writing occurs naturally when young children are surrounded by opportunities to interact with print in ways that are meaningful to them. The original edition of More Than Letters, first published in 2001, showed teachers how to intentionally help children develop literacy skills through hands-on, play-based activities. Like the original edition, the Standards Edition is based on theory and research. It contains new chapters that specifically focus on developing the skills needed to decode literature and informational text. Expanded chapters include activities that target specific concepts included in national literacy standards.




Alphabet


Book Description

This book is filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas designed for use with primary children.




Mastering Basic Skills¨ PreKindergarten Activity Book


Book Description

Mastering Basic Skills(R) Prekindergarten includes comprehensive content for early learners. Topics include fine motor and printing skills, basic concepts, colors and shapes, numbers, readiness skills, alphabet, and safety. The Mastering Basic Skills(R) series includes grade-specific math and language arts activities as well as reading lists, skills checklists, awards, and mini books. The comprehensive content and extra features increase the value of this series making it an appealing choice to parents looking for extra at-home practice for their child.